Hi Stu and Sara. Congrats on 250! I binge watched your entire 250 Challenge series. The quality of your videos are excellent. You deserve more views and I’m sure that will come in time. I was thinking of doing something similar already (which is how I found your channel) and you’ve inspired me to do my own 250 challenge for 2024. Looking forward to seeing what you have planned next. Happy birding!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS. Congratulations you two! For the bird and your anniversary! What an amazing bird for number 250! 300 birds for next year? Thanks for such an entertaining journey!
🎉👏🏼 250 🐦🦆🦅🦉🦢! Congratulations on reaching your goal! We loved watching the Canada Jay landing on your hand and learning about the conservation of that beautiful bird. Love that educational segment focusing in on one type of bird/ species. Maybe something to consider adding those segments more into next year's video since you're coming up with plans for those currently. 👌 We look forward to seeing what you come up with for the new year.
Lol thanks Norman. We've got a pretty good idea for what we will do next year. Working on the "rules" and stuff. But, as you will know by now, I must draw out the tension and will reveal soon 😉
I just started watching your channel yesterday (and became a subscriber) and went from the first day of your 250 bird challenge until this one today! Congratulations on reaching your goal and congratulations also on your wedding anniversary!!! I'm a birder living just outside of Phoenix, AZ. If you ever make it down this way, I hope I run into you!!! Good luck on all of your future adventures!
Thanks for joining. We'll have more coming once we are into the new year. Arizona is on our radar for some of the unique species you have there. We will likely be visiting at some point in the next few years.
Huge Congratulations to you two! What a perfect bird to get that 250! ive absolutely loved watching along with you guys and i hope you have another challenge prepared for 2024! All the best guys!
Brilliant video, man. Not thrilled about all that white stuff on the ground, though…too early. Can’t wait to get up to Algonquin later this season. Congrats on 250
Yes indeed. I work outdoors, so I'm not looking forward to is making its way down here, either! Good luck at Algonquin. Hoping to be up there again myself, maybe January. Thanks for watching!
Wow! What a lovely anniversary gift for you both! The 250th bird and specifically the one Sarah wanted to see. I am thrilled for you both and want to say congrats on achieving your 250 and beyond! I loved the clips of you both feeding the Canada jays, and learning about the individuals as mom, pop and young 'un, though so disheartening that their counties are shrinking so rapidly and does not look good for future generations. Thanks, as always, for sharing your birding adventures with us. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks very much, appreciate it. I'm a big fan of the Algonquin Canada Jays. So far, it does seem to be the jays at the southern edge of their range that are most affected, rather than those further into Northern Ontario (and Quebec). I am hopeful that those that used to be in Algonquin Park have simply moved further north.
Congrats on reaching your goal! Must feel good -- 250 species is a big task, and you conquered it admirably. I look forward to your new adventures. I'm not much of a winter birder these days, so I'll enjoy seeing you brave the cold weather ;) Hint: the mouth of the Humber is a good spot for ducks in the winter months.
Thank you for watching and the comment. We will definitely remain active. Outside of challenges, I'm considering making a general winter birding/waterfowl video, so appreciate the location tip. Have to admit, we haven't hit Humber Bay Park this year, but we do like it there. Last time we went, there was just a lot of construction. Is it looking better now?
I actually haven't been there in quite a while -- a bit hard to get to for me. But probably worth taking a look if you're going to Sam Smith park. I've found the lagoons to the west of the river to be great for shots of ducks like scaups, redheads, long-tails and the usual buffleheads and hooded mergansers.
Thank you Cliff! Appreciate you continuing to watch along. You know, it's almost as impressive as your all-time 513 species in California 😉 Yes, yes, I just stalked you on ebird 😂
How amazing! Congratulations on completing your 250 bird challenge 😍 amazing footage and really interesting facts. Loved the overlay of the park over London. Being jin the UK it is hard to imagine the scale of some of these places. Happy belated anniversary 🎉 looking forward to seeing more from you and Sara in 2024 🎉
Thank you Kate. I thought that overlay might help my UK viewers. The scale takes some getting used to! I have amusing stories I could share with you sometime. It took me 3 or 4 years to stop getting caught out by it. And it would be amazing to see you over here. There's plenty of places I would want to show you.
I do try to include whatever other flora (if I know it!) and fauna I come across. I haven't been very lucky with animals, other than a couple of beavers, for a while. Last moose I saw was 3 years ago - although it was quite an exciting encounter where it initially charged at me before changing its mind.
Hey Steve, I don't think there's all that many around Toronto, either... but I've seen a few photos cropping up here and there.... and... well... we did see maybe half a dozen at the side of the road at Algonquin, but we don't like to log birds unless we can show footage or a photo in the video. So we didn't count them. Hope you get to see some up your way soon (but hope it's also an easy winter for you!).
Thanks Steve.. sorry, missed this comment. Sometimes don't get alerts when it is a reply. You may have seen... I did see some snow buntings in Algonquin, but wasn't able to get the camera on them, so didn't count them. Think we might have missed them this year!
